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Figure 69 Network diagram for hub and spoke networking scheme
In
, the spoke sites communicate with each other through the hub site. The arrows in the
figure indicate the advertising path of routes from Site 2 to Site 1:
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The hub PE can receive all the VPN-IPv4 routes advertised by spoke PEs.
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All spoke PEs can receive the VPN-IPv4 routes advertised by the hub PE.
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The hub PE advertises the routes learned from a spoke PE to the other spoke PEs. The spoke
sites can communicate with each other through the hub site.
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The import target attribute of any spoke PE is distinct from the export route targets of the other
spoke PEs. Therefore, any two spoke PEs can neither directly advertise VPN-IPv4 routes to
each other nor directly access each other.
Extranet networking scheme
The extranet networking scheme can be used when some resources in a VPN are to be accessed by
users that are not in the VPN.
In this kind of networking scheme, if a VPN must access a shared site, the export target attribute and
the import target attribute of the VPN must be contained respectively in the import target attribute
and the export target attribute of the VPN instance of the shared site.
Spoke-CE
Hub-PE
Site 2
Site 1
Site 3
VPN 1
VPN 1
VPN 1
VPN 1:
Import: Hub
Export: Spoke
VPN 1-out:
Export: Hub
Hub-CE
Spoke-PE
Spoke-PE
VPN 1-in:
Import: Spoke
VPN 1:
Import: Hub
Export: Spoke
Spoke-CE